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Another not-random question for #bookstodon - has anyone done modern reviews of classic middle school aged series like Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew or similar looking at how/if they are dated and likely problematic? (I assume they are, I read a bunch of them when I was that age but it was 40ish years ago and I don’t remember much about them)
Broadly as a service for parents today looking for discussion about which classics have stood the test of time and remain good and which haven’t aged well.
This would be interesting. I read all the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew/Tom Swift books 50+ years ago, be interesting to see how they've aged.
Note that while I'm interested, I'm not interested enough to go back and re-read them myself...
@wanderinghermit exactly. My question was prompted by seeing multiple people selling long runs of the books in local marketplace listings (seemingly in some cases fairly recent printings by appearance - or basically never read) but before I bought them for my son I wanted to see if anyone had been going back to such series and reviewing them with a modern eye.
(And likewise curious what classics have stood the test of time - The Phantom Tollbooth was still great when I read it to my son)
On a (slightly) related note, I've been reading Lawrence Block's Evan Michael Tanner series from the late '60s. While there are a few cringe moments, they've aged surprisingly well and are a fascinating look into the geopolitical issues of the time and the changes we take for granted.